Apurv Soni, MD, PhD, Laurel O'Connor, MD
Changing even seemingly insignificant habits is easier said than done. Many at-home health monitoring devices exist, but their use generally depends on altering our behavior in some way. Remembering to take a blood pressure measurement, wear and charge a watch, or keep a log of blood sugars can get lost amidst life’s many demands. Devices that integrate more seamlessly into our daily lives could improve the uptake and quality of home-based health monitoring.
The Heart Seat is a toilet seat that monitors multiple vital signs via embedded cardiac sensors and automatically transmits this clinical data over wi-fi. The Heart Seat is an investigational device developed by Casana, a software and technology company that is dedicated to helping people with chronic conditions better manage their health from home. In the COMMODE-seat (Correlating Outcomes with Mobile Monitoring using Digital sEnsors in a seat) study, participants with multiple chronic conditions will receive a Heart Seat; the passively collected data will help us identify patterns associated with changes in their health.
Participants will be enrolled in the COMMODE-seat study for up to one year. The key features of the study include:
Home installation of The Heart Seat. |
Our team will replace the participant’s toilet seat with The Heart Seat. There is no device maintenance or charging required by the user |
More devices are welcome. |
Participants can also choose to sync their own smart devices with MyDataHelps, a mobile application platform developed by CareEvolution, LLC. |
Symptom tracking. |
Participants can log symptoms in the MyDataHelps app and access statistics and trends regarding their symptoms and treatments. |
If you are interested in learning more and participating in this study, please contact our study team.
